this is the prize.
>> Or lack thereof.
>> Judge Judy: Just -- Just --
I assume that this is the prize.
I assume that this is what the
two of you fought over.
[ Laughs ]
[ Laughter ]
Now, you have children with him.
>> That's correct.
>> Judge Judy: How many?
>> Two.
>> Judge Judy: And you lived
together ever?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: From when to
when?
>> From 2012 to just recently.
>> Judge Judy: What's "Just
recently"?
>> April of 2016.
>> Judge Judy: And when did you
start to see --
What's your last name?
>> Garcia.
>> Judge Judy: When did you
start to see Mr. Garcia?
>> The first week of May 2016.
>> Judge Judy: And on May 27th
of 2016, while you were seeing
Mr. Garcia and you weren't
seeing Mr. Garcia, you and
Mr. Garcia went over to his
mother's house.
For a visit?
>> We were picking up some
roller skates that he owned
because we were gonna go out
skating that night.
>> Judge Judy: And you drove
your car?
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: His mother has a
house with a driveway?
>> That's correct.
There was a car parked in the
driveway.
Even if there wasn't a car --
>> Judge Judy: Just a --
>> Oh, sorry.
>> Judge Judy: I'm trying to put
this picture in my mind.
So, you drove your car and
parked it where?
>> On the street in front of his
house, or his mother's house.
>> Judge Judy: Did you go
inside?
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Judge Judy: Did Mr. Garcia go
inside?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: And, at some
point, Ms. Tennant showed up.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Where were you
and Mr. Garcia when Ms. Tennant
showed up?
>> I was in the restroom.
He was outside.
>> Judge Judy: So, you don't
know where he was when she
showed up.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: So, the next
thing you know, when you come
out of the restroom, Mr. Garcia
is outside, and so is
Ms. Tennant.
>> No. The next thing I know,
when I come out of the restroom,
he's coming into the house.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Do you have a conversation with
him?
>> He tells me,
"My baby mama here.
My baby mama here."
>> Judge Judy: Is that the way
he said it?
>> That's the way he said it
to me.
>> Judge Judy: You remember
that?
Say "yes" or "no."
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Judy: Then I don't want
to hear from you at all.
You're back together
again, right?
>> Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Perfect. And?
>> So, when he says that, my
thought is --
>> Judge Judy: Don't tell me.
I don't care what you were
thinking.
He says --
>> He says, "My baby mama here.
My baby mama here.
Let me put you outside in the
backyard and deal with her, and
then when I'm done, we can go."
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Did you go through the house to
the backyard?
>> That's correct.
>> Judge Judy: Did you know how
to get to the backyard?
>> He semi-walked me there, but
I knew how to get there because
I had been there before.
>> Judge Judy: So, you walked to
the backyard.
>> That's correct.
>> Judge Judy: What's the next
thing that happened?
>> The next thing that happened,
to my understanding, I hear them
arguing.
I hear her saying comments such
as, "Why don't you want to be
with me?
Why are you breaking up our
family?
We have kids together.
Who is she? Where is she?"
Those are the comments I'm
hearing from her.
From him, I'm hearing,
"Just leave. Just leave.
You're not supposed to be here.
It doesn't matter who she is.
It doesn't matter.
There's nobody here.
It doesn't matter.
Just leave. Just leave."
That's what I'm hearing from
him, and from her, I'm just
hearing...
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
So, you're listening from the
backyard as to what's going on.
>> That's correct.
>> Judge Judy: You're listening.
What's the next thing that
happened?
>> The next thing that happened
is, as I'm in the backyard, I
went to the back door to see if
I could get in the house,
because I wanted to leave by
this point in time.
That's their drama.
So, I couldn't get back into the
house through the back door, so
I went around to the fence to
try to get out of the gate so I
could go to my car and leave.
I couldn't get out the gate,
either, because there was
something keeping the latch
closed, but I can see through
the fence them arguing.
I can see my car pretty much
right in front of me.
They're arguing back and forth,
still saying the same types of
conversation.
>> Judge Judy: Gotcha.
>> And then the next thing I
know, I see her pulling pieces
off my car.
I had weather strips on all four
doors.
I see her pulling, just pulling,
pieces off the car.
When I see that, between the
pulling and her movements,
there's a huge dent in the side
of my door.
I saw all of this.
I told Ryan, "Open this gate and
let me out of here.
She's not about to be damaging
my property."
He was like, "You sure right."
Opened the gate, and I went
towards my car.
I wasn't thinking about her.
I was ready to leave.
She's coming towards me,
shouting all kinds of things
that don't even matter at this
point, and then the next thing I
know, she's swinging on me.
I don't know how many times she
hit me before I swung back.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
Let's stop there.
I'd like to see what the car
looked like...
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: ...what the
damage was to the car.
>> So, these first two pictures
are the original -- what the car
looked like when I bought it --
and then the other pictures are
the dent from different angles.
>> Judge Judy: I want to see
what the weather stripping was.
Can I see that?
>> You can see that only on the
first picture.
I believe I have an arrow
pointed to the weather
stripping.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, I see.
The plastic.
>> Mm-hmm. Harder plastic.
So, there had to have been some
force used to pull them off.
>> Judge Judy: Okay.
>> And the last two pictures, I
believe, have a black stripe
going down.
That's my belt shut in the door
to demonstrate that it's not
flush against the door.